Reviews"Suspense doesn't get more excruciating than this...Freeman keeps building the psychological tension, both in raw scenes and in the ways he hints at and layers his characters' defenses and motivations... Reading this novel is like walking a tightrope in a high wind. Don't miss it." -- Booklist (Starred Review) "Harrowing... Freeman ratchets up the suspense steadily, and then provides a cataclysmic ending." -- Publishers Weekly
Dewey Edition22
Dewey Decimal813.6
SynopsisA taut thriller about two rural Minnesota towns locked in a deadly feud--and a teenage girl caught in the crossfire. Linked by the Spirit River, the two towns couldn't be more different: in affluent Barron, a powerful and secretive scientific research corporation enriches its residents, while downriver in blue-collar St. Croix, victims of that company's carcinogenic waste struggle to survive. The bad blood between the communities escalates into open warfare when the beautiful Ashlynn, daughter of the corporation's president, is found shot dead--and a St. Croix girl, Olivia Hawk, is accused of the crime. Reluctantly, Olivia's mother summons her estranged husband Christopher, a Minneapolis lawyer, to come defend his daughter. As Christopher struggles to unravel the mystery of Ashlynn's murder and save his own daughter, he uncovers some ugly truths that endanger the residents of both towns. And looming over everything are the chilling, apocalyptic threats from a murderous psychopath known only as "Aquarius." , A taut thriller about two rural Minnesota towns locked in a deadly feud--and a teenage girl caught in the crossfire. And looming over everything are the chilling, apocalyptic threats from a murderous psychopath known only as "Aquarius."